diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a669ce..6a4a6f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.40</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>